Climate activist group Just Stop Oil have explained the reason behind their protest after throwing soup over a famous Van Gogh painting.
14.10.2022 - 15:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after throwing tins of soup over Vincent Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery - and then gluing themselves to a nearby wall.
A video has emerged on Twitter of the incident at the London gallery this morning. Two young women identified themselves as Anna Holland, 20, and 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer.
The pair can be seen in the clip kneeling down in front of the already defaced painting holding tins of Heinz Tomato Soup, reports the Mirror.
In a tweet from the Metropolitan Police Events account, the force said: "Officers were rapidly on scene at the National Gallery this morning after two Just Stop Oil protesters threw a substance over a painting and then glued themselves to a wall.
"Both have been arrested for criminal damage & aggravated trespass. Officers are now de-bonding them."
Just Stop Oil has been holding protests for the last fortnight in London - part of a series of high profile actions by climate activists targeting major works of art around the world.
The Van Gogh work - worth £76million - is fortunately protected by a sheet of glass and is unlikely to have been damaged.
Several visitors to the gallery had gathered at the scene, many recording on their phones. The choice of protest was supposed to symbolise the fact that many families in the UK can't afford to heat a tin of soup due to the rise in the cost of living.
The activists said the act of vandalism was part of a sustained campaign to get the UK Government to stop all new oil and gas projects.
Cake has previously been smeared across the Mona Lisa in Paris while other activists have glued their hands to masterpieces by Botticelli and Boccioni.
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Climate activist group Just Stop Oil have explained the reason behind their protest after throwing soup over a famous Van Gogh painting.
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local media, saying the women were arrested for criminal damage and aggravated trespass. “There is some minor damage to the frame [of the artwork], but the painting is unharmed.”Holland and Plummer are members of Just Stop Oil — a climate campaign group in the UK “using civil resistance with the aim of ensuring the UK Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production.”Following her arrest, Plummer appeared unapologetic, telling local media: “Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice?”She said the soup was chosen as the damaging liquid of choice because Brits won’t even be able to heat up food this winter as the country faces a cost of living crisis.
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